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      _R THE NORTHERN STAR . March 8 , 1845 . ' _""• " _'" _" _' _' •*—* _— _" _^^^~ _" _^^ 2 _^ _Z _= .. .. ¦ _ _ ___ . —— _; ¦ - -

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      HOUSE OF LORDS , _Moxday , _Mincn 3 . Three bUls introduced ey Lord _Gahpbeil for the purpose of effecting certain legal changes in actions by cml process , were read a second time , after which their Lordships adjourned _.

      Tuesdat , Mabch i . lord _ABHBnaTOH presented a peti tion from certain tradesmen in _Wesfanuister , _i-omplaining of the Operation of Lord Brougham ' s BiU of last session , for abolishing imprisonment for small debts . Lord _Bjiouohax defended the bill of last year , hut said oe would endeavour to frame a measure to enable creditors to get atthe _wages or salaries of debtors who might _hoia situations as clerks , or otherwise . I _, ord SE-ficur presented a petittion from an individual , compl » inin g thathe had been for three years in prison owing to "his entertaining a conscientious objection to taking aa oath . lie further stated the same objection prerented his obtaining the county allowance , and he had , therefore , great difficulty in escaping f amine . ""

      The Lord _Cuascellor said he would take the matter into _consftlcratiuii , in order to ascertain if such cases would n _<< t admit of a remedy . in reply w a question from lord Campbell , The Lord _Cuancello : _** . said he had no intention of reintroducin _*? the Ecclesiastical Courts' Bill during the present session . The House then adjourned .

      _Thuesdat , March 6 . Tie Constables ( Scotland ) Bill and several other measures were advanced a stage , and their Lordships adjourned at an early hour . Fbidat , March 7- - The Marquis of Nokhanby raised a discussion respecting an appointment in the Irish constabulary , whieh he contended was in direct violation of an _understaading between Colonel M'Gregor , the head of the constabulary force , and the Government , to the effect that all appoint meats to that force should he made npon his recommendation . In the case in question , a gentleman had been recommended by . Colonel M'Gregor , hut the Lord

      Lieutenant had overlooked the recommendation and appointed another party . He moved for certain papers connected with the appointment : and he further moved for returns of the amount of military forces in Ireland , at the 1 st vf January iu each year , for the last ten years . This latter _n-o'iu-i was made , he said , in consequence of a speech made " recently by Mr . S . Herbert , on his reelection on accepting the office of Secretary at War , in which speech he said that the late Government had left Ireland in a state of revolution . The discussion terminated in a division , in whieh the motion for papers connected with the constabulary appointment was negatived by a majority of 32 to 12 . Thar Lordships then adjourned .

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      JiOTJSE OF COMMOXS , Moxdav , _Makcb 3 . OPES 1 SO O-f - _lETTEIlS IS THE _POST-OVFICE . _Tdr . T . Dcncombe gave notice that , immediately after Easter , lie would move for leave to bring hi a bill to secure the inviolability of letters passing through the Post-OfSce , ( Cheers . ) Mr . SnEit gave notice that he would , on Tuesday , the llth of March , move a resolution expressing the regret ofthe House that letters addressed to foreigners residing iu this country had been opened in the Post-office without their knowledge _' or sanction , and that certain information with regard to the disturbances in the Papal States , obtained by such means , should have been _commuiiieati-d to a foreign power . ( Hear . ) The House having resolved itself into a committee of ways and means ,

      1 'hc Chasclxlok of tlic _Exchequer moved a resolution upon which to ground tlic introduction of a bill for imjjo _^ _r-j tbe sugar duties for . the-ensuing . year in _accordant with the plan of Sir R . Peel . Ho had fixed upon _thel-ltli of March for the commencement of the new duties , in order to give the merchants one month ' s time to get rid of their stocks on hand . "Mr . Wiiaiaths thought the time should he extended ; one month was not sufficient to enable merchants in a large way of business to get rid of tlieir stocks on hand . The _CiiASCEU-ou ofthe Exchequer said a long postponement af the new duties would derange the course of _business by _chccldn-j the importation of sugar . After some discussion it was agreed that the resolution should be postponed uutill Friday , and that meanwhile the Sorcrnment should decide whether or not they -would adopt the principle-of classification . The Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill passed through coe : _tuittee , and the House adjourned .

      Tuesday , March 4 . l . orilOKASViLEE Somerset brought under consideration the _reportof the committee appointed to ascertain the best method of constituting committees on raUway bills . The report lxcommcndcd the adoption of twenty-two _it-Solutions , the first four of which were agreed to without observation . The fifth , however , providing that every meaber selected should sign a declaration that neither himself nur his constituents were possessed of any local or personal interest in fhe line or lines npon which he was called to adjudicate , led to considerable discussion , hut was _eventually agreed to . . On the resolution rendering it compulsory on Hon . Members to attend on the committee for which they had been selected ,

      Mr . Been j l objected that this -would he hard on the forensic and mercantile members , who could not spare the _i-eqinsite time to attend to those convmittees . Such an attendance ou private bills formed no part of the constitutional business wliich Hon . Members undertook to perform when they " became representatives of the people . Sir B . Peel said thc business had come npon them , and it would degrade them in the eyes of thc nation if they did uot make au exertion to meet it . If they were to remit these railway bills to a tribunal out of doors , the result would be that their own weight aud influence would be _lessened in the public mind , and eventually they would _ii-id that _tlii-y had raised a rival authority by abandoning their duty , and would sink themselves to the level of a debating club . On the other hand , hy making a proper exertion to meet the difficulty of the case , they would raise themselves in the estimation of the whole country _.

      _Serera ! Hoi-. Members-entirel y approved of the view Of the nianer taken by Sir B . Peel , and the resolution , as it stood , was agreed to , as were also the remaining resolutions , after a very protracted and desultory discussion .

      field ga _* bsens . Mr . Co wris . rose , pursuant to notice , for the purpose of moring for leave to bring in a bill to promote the letting of field gardens to the labouring poor , The object _wiaciilii'liadiu view was to extend the benefits of the allotment system as widely as possible . There might be those who despaired of effecting by means of legislation Anything like direct relief ; but he did hope that those disposed to such an opinion -would not too hastily express it , for thc subject was one of a very grave and serious nature . Every one must know that the condition of the poor in this country was one of thc utmost privation and suffering—that a fearful state of things now existed . They must know also that many ofthe labouring classes

      looked to the House of Commons for relief , as they knew no other quarter from which they could hope to receive it ; and ho should greatly regret if it became necessary to tell the poor tliat the House of Commons couldnot redress their grievances . One of the points at which he should aim in the preparation of his intended measure would be to cement the connexion between the working classes and the land . The connexion of the labourer with the land proved at all times an important ingredient in the social system of this country , formerly all cottagers possessed small allotments of laud ; all the peasantry above the rani of sens enjoyed rights of commonage , though he would not take on liimself to say that he could point to _Ifcepreds- *

      time—- " Ere England ' s griefs began , When every rood of ground maintained its man . " _""l-t- itwas quite certain that before the sixteenth century _rtywe was a very large proportion of the land o £ tbls country in the hands of the labouring poor . Since-that time , however , various causes were at work to alter that state of things ; there was , first , t iie "French Revolutionary war , then a discontinuance of the practice of granting leases for lives , aud until small allotments had been of late years made thc connexion between the labourer and ihe land might be said to have been quite severed . In ihe course of ihe experience wliich had been already obtained with respect to the practical working of the allotment system , it was found that half an acre was the maximum in general of land that conld be advantageously

      cultivated in that way , and it was not unreasonable to say that a quarter-of an acre was the quantity of land which might be aUottcd under any extensive adaptation of the system , as being most likely to prove beneficial to the labourer , whilst its limited extent would prevent _SUCll au allotment from provingprejndicial to thelarge proprietors or cultivators . Bnt the principal value which thc allotment system possessed , in his estimation , and in that of its supporters , was the moral effect produced hy it upon the labourers themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) And first he would look at it under the head of amusement and recreation in leisure or unemployed hours . Thelabourers ofthe present day were under great disadvantages compXteA with their predecessors of past ages . They no longer had the old recreations to fall back upon , or to relax their minds and limbs after the fatigues of the day -were over . The old forest sports and pastimes of England no longer were at their command . Those means of

      enjoyment might be read of in the poets , hut they no longer existed for the poor labourer . The village maypole had no votaries for the dance at the present day ; indeed , it would require a different race of men to the peasantry of England , m order that such hoisterous exercises as those ta > auid be _propsrly enjoyed and entered into . Books refmred more intellectual cultivation than was usual amongst the labouring classes . There was , however , one species of amusement wliich he was not inclined to apeak lightly of , knowing how eloquently and _howsin-•^^ t haa been advocatea hy the Noble Lord the Mem-! _S , t _5-2 \! _^ J _'****<**• 5 _mit he believed his _S-S _^*^ 1 P _^* _* « = ri _* et required * fc _* K _£ - 2 _^ _S *» 8 _^ a degree of _agUity to * _£ _^ W _wpttengctassev . But aU these difficulties and « -a _^ wlach he onosea . For * voluntary occupation

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      in cultivating a piece of ground werefouud to be not only productive of amusement , but also enabled a labourer to derive some portion of his sustenance from thus employing his recreative hours , andif it was considered that theland , but for such an allotment , would lie dormant and useless in agroat measure , whilsta drunken and lawless character might he reformed and rendered a sober and industrious ¦ _pid honest man , he ( Mr . Cowper ) did really consider that the universal adoption of this system would at once offer an amusement , combined with a rational , a harmless , and a profitable employment . Tho great * importance which was attached to the possession of a garden might be discovered in the extreme desire manifested by the labouring classes to obtain a plot of ground for cultivation . There was not a greater anxiety existing amongst the

      higher classes to become landcdproprietors on alarge scale than was to be witnessed amongst the humbler labourers for the posssession of an allotment . 2 _Tot only did this feeling exist amongst the agricultural villages , but itwas very widely spread in towns and cities , and particularly in the awnufaclurhig districts . The system of allotments had long been practically known amongst the agricultural villages . But it was oiily beghmhig to be knomi and appreciated in the manufacturing towns and districts . The town of Leeds afforded , he was happy to say , a gratifying example of its good effects , and of thc eagerness with which the operative classes avaUed themselves of its benefits : and the manner in wluch some of the millowners in

      that town had stepped forward to promote the system was highly creditable to them , more particularly to Mr . Marshall and Mr . Gott , who had been the foremost in procuring allotments there for tlieir operatives . The atainple set in the town of Leeds had proved bcueficial , as shewing thatthe system of allotments was practicable even in large towns , and amongst other than the agricultural classes . The weavers repaired to their grounds during the hours of their meals , or after they had finished their labours , and they enjoyed a great gratification in their cultivation , whilst they had an opportunity for breathing the fresh and invigorating air , which , if they had not been tempted by then * allotments , they would not have done . He remembered au instance in which a friend of his was

      walking on a fine moonlight night , and he perceived a man working iuhis garden , it being then about half-past ten o ' clock . IGs friend asked the man why he was at work so late *? to which the other replied , that he was a weaver , and that liis whole day was passed at thc loom , so that he could only work by the light of the moon . The man , moreover , said he was planting his potatoes by moonlight , and he hoped to be able to gather them in the same manner . In the hu _* ge manufacturing towns there werc very considerable numbers ofthe population most desirous of obtaining allotments , but great difficulties existed in the way of providing a sufficiency of land at such a convenient distance as would render it available for that purpose . There certainly were numbers- of benevolent persons who were most desirous of aiding in this scheme ,

      and who had taken the trouble of establishing allotments Ou their own grounds . He believed a great many persons who felt interested in the well-being of the peasantclasses had adopted and introduced the system more or less . ( Hear , hear . ) But on looking round it would be seen , that only a small proportion of the great mass of landed proprietors had as yet followed this example . There were labourers' gardens in theimmediate vicinity of their own residences established by the large lauded proprietors , but the outlying parts of their estates , being less under their observation , were left unprovided in this respect with allotments for the cottiers . The non-resident landlords were likewise neglectful of this niattar ; in many villages there were no squires and no great landed proprietors to encourage thc system , either by example or precept ; and

      lastly , there were vast numbers of landowners who had not taken the trouble to make any efforts , or to inquire into the system . He thought , however , if the public attention were onco called to the beneficial results which had attended thc system of allotments wherever it had been fairly tried , that notwithstaditig the difficulties of procuring land , the present generation would n _»* pass away before it was universally adopted . There were many reasons why allotments had not been generally established . Amongst them was to he reckoned the competition that existed for land , which was so great as to preclude the poorer classes from every chance of success . It was very well kuown , that notwithstanding all the coinplaints of agricultural distress , if a farm fell in from any cause , there were always dozens of applicants for its

      tenancy , notwithstanding all the farmers cried out that they could not cultivate the land at a profit . Another difficulty with respect to allotments existed in the alterations and fresh dispositions of the land , which was rendered necessary by the establishment of such a system on au estate . Besides , landlords were compelled to consult , and often to give way to the prejudices of those with whom they were connected as their tenants or tlieir neighbours—the farming classes . At the same time he had heard of instances where farmers had themselves voluntarily given up portions of their land for the purpose of allotments . The landlord also feared the additional risk and trouble which would result from his having to receive his rents from a great number of tenants instead of from one or two only . But , whatever the

      reasons might be , thc fact was nevertheless that the landlords , though kindly disposed towards the labouring classes , were averse in the majority of cases to let out their lands in allotments , Thero existed a mode of establishing them by the institution of voluntary associations , but the legal as well as the practical difficulties attendant on this plan had hitherto prevented its general adoption . The great want in sueh associations was found to be a person to act as security between the tenants and the landlord , and in the majority of cases they had failed from not having a sort of middle-man . The hill which he held iu his band was calculated to remedy these wants , and to cure the defects which had been found to operate against the establishment of allotments . Its provisions and objects were altogether of an auxiliary character . If

      any benevolent person desired to aid an association such as he had referred to hi carrying out an allotment system , the bill which he proposed to bring in with the permission of the House would afford fthem the means of so doing with safety to ' themselves and to the satisfaction of the landlord ; and the main provision of it rested entirely upon a parochial organisation . The first proceeding under " [ the . bill which he proposed would be , to consider , at a meeting in vestry , of the propriety of establishing allotments in the parish , aud that being assented to , the next step would be to elect officers who would have the power of carrying out the system amongst the cottagers . There would also be a provision respecting enclosure Acts , aud one for the security of the rents to he paid for the allotments ;

      another provision of the bill would give the power of making the poor-rate responsible for thc rent ofthe allotments . . The system o £ ¦ allotments was a perfectly secure one , but the tenant w _* no was unwilling to pay the rent of his plot of ground should not he left in possession of it , and a provision to that effect should be made in the bill . It was not necessary to say anything to recommend a measure to the House which had for its object the rendering of the labouring population more independent than they were . The hill which he held in his haud was calculated to effect that object , and he must say of the subject that no one who had tried the system o £ allotments could say it had failed . There migMJt be , and there were

      indeed , certain theoretical objections to allotments , such asthatwhichrelated to their interfering with the division of labour , and the impossibility of a man serving two masters , but these were what he must call mere theoretical objections ; for the real effect of the allotment system would he to raise the labourer ' s wages . No one could say that a labourer's wages were sufficient for his support . He must , therefore , eke them out by cultivating his allotment . It had been urged , that the labourer who had an allotment would do less work for Ms employer during the day , that he might reserve his strength to work for liimself afterwards . Experience contradicted this . The allotment labourers had been generally found to be the most moral and industrious men onthe farms .

      This was , no doubt , the consequence of the change in their position . Anotherobjection to the system was , that it tended to diminish the circulation of labour throughout the country . But this argument would apply equally to all attempts to elevate the condition of the labourer—( hear ); and its legitimate consequence must be that the landlord ought to / endeavour so to fix the pressure of poverty and suffering on the labourer as to drive him from his parish . ( Hear . ) No doubt , where there existed a surplus population in any particular district , it would bo doing the labourer a service to induce liim to seek employment elsewhere ; but that was a very different case from endeavouring to create such circumstances around him as would force

      hun to do so . A or was it surprising that the labourer should cling to his parish , There were many circumstances which rendered migration undesirable to him . Not the least was the law of settlement , and the chance that , if driven back to his own parish , a careless board of guardians might leave him without relief till too late . The man of capital could emigrate in search of better occupation , and could afford to wait ; but to the labouring man every day ' s work was his day ' s subsistence . Starvation might come on him before he gainedhis object . For all these reasons he could not suppose the allotment system would be opposed , because the refusal of an allotment might make the labourer more ready to migrate . ( Hear . ) He contended that , hy analogy , thc legislature were bound _^ interfere to help the labourer to the attainment of laud . The legislature had facilitated the

      establishment of loan societies , where the poor man could borrow money , and they had established savings' hanks , where he could lay it up . Upon the same principle he contended that they ought to afford the labourer every facility and security in acquiring small' portions of land . On the other hand , he would be very sorry that the legislature should interfere at all with the obligation which lay on individual proprietors . The direct relation between the landlord and tbe poor tenant was the most beneficial to both , and ought hy no means to he put an end to . This bill would not interfere therewith . It was only to come into operation in places where it would be absolutely necessary , and then he really believed it would confer a great and effectual benefit on the working man . The Hon . Member concluded with his motion . Mr . Miles seconded the motion .

      Mr . Hche very much feared that this measure would hold out expectations that could not be realised . He doubted much whether fhe allotment system would sue ceed ; he feared it would only tend to the vast increase of population audof poverty , until it produced the effects here which the same system hadalready brought about in Ireland . He also dreaded giving tho parish autheri . ties the power of levying money on the community to carry out this system . Mr . B . Escott was glad to hear from the Hon . Member for Hertford that there was to he nothing compulsory in the measure , though he could sot well see how it ! pro-

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      visions could he carried out without some such power . As it was , every landowner had the full power , to make allotments , if he thought fit . Wherever the allotment system had been adopted it appeared to have succeeded ; but he believed this to have arisen from its having been voluntary ; and he feared that the intervention of the Legislature would do away with this great source of good . The most beneficial operation of the , system had been where gardens were given with the cottages , but not called allotments . ( Hear , hear . ) ne could not help fearing , if allotments were increased , as allotments , it would only be opening the door to those evils which existed to so great an extent in _Iceland . The great object of the Legislature should be to increase and extend the demand for labour , and also to so educate the poor as to enable them to make a better use of the wages they got . ( Hear . )

      Lord J . Manners agreed with his Hon . Friend that it was better for the poor man to get his cottage aud garden from the resident landlord . But this bill was intended to apply to cases where there wero no ' resident landlords . He would instance particularly the case of _theframeworkknitters , who could not at present get land under any circumstances . To their case this bill particularly applied , and if Parliament passed this bill it would confer a great benefit on them . He thought that the feelings and opinions of thc people themselves on such a question ought to be respected ; and there was no question , he

      believed , on which the sympathies and feelings of the people were so much excited as on " this . He believed they were unanimous , and they asked for a measure to facilitate as much as possible then * getting land iu the manner proposed by his Hon . Friend . And whether he succeeded , as some perhaps over-sanguine expected he would , or whether he failed , still his Hon . Friend opposite would feel that he had done hfe duty in Winging the subject forward , and the over-worked and under-paid artisans and mechanics would , he might depend on it , never cease to be grateful for the proposal of such a measure .

      Mr . S . Crawfoed denied that _thepoverty of Ireland was to be attributed to small holdings . It was small holdings at exorbitant rents , as in the case of the conacre tenants , that produced the' distress of the people . Where the holdings were direct from the head landlord , and at a fair rent , the system worked well , aud the people were in comfort . He could mention particularly the estates of the Marquis of-Londonderry ( hear ) as an instance of the good effect of small holdings under those circumstances . There the land was let at a reasonable rent , and every attention was paid to the comfort of the tenant . ( Hear . ) So administered , small holdings tended to the prosperity of the community . The half-acre system , however , would only work well when the labourer had other employment . He was glad to see the subject before Parliament . The labouring man at present had no prospect of ever being able to improve his condition—of raising himself in the social scale . This system would afford him the opportunity , and he had himself witnessed its good effects on the peasantry of liis own country .

      Sir W . James supported the biU , but objected to some ofthe details . Mi * . "Roebuck said this was a hill which proposed to change so completely the whole condition of the labourer in this country , that he thought it demanded the serious attention of the Government . The Right Hon . Baronet the _* Home Secretary would bear in mind that this bill was to make use of the machinery employed in collection of the poor rates . ( Hear , hear . ) He hoped the bill would not be allowed to go into committee without a declaration from the Government whether they approved or disapproved of it , and how they would make it square with then * other legislation for the poor .

      Sir J . _G-BAHAii reminded the House that in the course of last session he had supported the second reading of a similar bill . On that occasion he had at some length stated his opinion upou it , and had . particularly referred to that provision which made the poor-rate a security for the payment of the rents of these allotments . To that provision he still entertained a decided objection , lie understood the Hon . Member for Hertford to state that his measure was only permissive , or auxiliary , as he said , in order that facilities might be given for hiring land . He ( Sir J . Graham ) quite agreed with what had fallen from the Don . Member for Sewark ( Lord J . Manners ) , tliat when landlords voluntarily gave garden-ground with cottages , that system was infinitely preferable ; but he was not prepared to say that small allotments in the vicinity of the labouring classes might not he attended with advantage . He could not possibly object to the introduction of the bill , which , as far as he understood , was an improvement on the measure of last year , wliich proposed

      allotments of one acre , while the present bill did not profess to go beyond half-an-acre . The Hon . Gentleman , to his iufinite honour , had bestowed so much attention on the subject that he thought it would be highly indecorous in the House to hesitate to give him permission to introduce the bilk On a former occasion he had expressed what he felt , that , from a consideration of what was due to thc condition of the labouring classes , any measure proposed b y an Hon . Member who had attended to the subject was worthy the attention of the House . The distress aud poverty of the agricultural peasantry constituted a question which could not be safely overlooked by the House , aud he was sure that any measure which held out a reasonable expectation of any addition to their comfort , welfare , and enjoyment must be regarded by thc Houso with respect and attention , and with a wi 6 h for its success . He was disposed to give a careful consideration to the bill of the Hon . Member , and to view it with favour , and a hope that some successful issue might result from his labours . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Mangles said , he observed tliat the statement of the Hon . Member for Winchester ( Mr . Escott ) — who spoke in a deprecating tone of the effect of the allotment system on the comfort aud well-being of tho labouring class , and who contended that a sufficiency of labour was the great object desirable for their good—was cheered by gentlemen who differed widely from that Hon . Member with respeet to agricultural matters generally . The Hon . Member , however , threw no light on the mode in whieh that sufficiency of labour was to be obtained . He ( Mr . Mangles ) lived in a purely agricultural district , and he knew that during the winter , and except at the height of the corn and hay _harvests , a considerable _numbr-i * of labourers were witliout employment for many weeks , and others could only obtain it occasionally . During the

      recess he had made inquiries as to the effects of allotments in reference to the well-being of the labouring classes . He had consulted mauy gentlemen , and many ladies too ; among others Mrs . Da ' vies Gilbert ; and on no subject of equal magnitude had he ever found the testimony so unanimous in its favour . Mrs . Davis Gilbert informed him that the allotment system had not failed'in a single instance under her management , and she wrote to him , if he recollected right , statiiig that at one time she had 400 allotment tenants , and for eleven years not one had failed in paying his rent . That was important testimony . He knew that the intelligent labourer was iu favour of the system . After a county meeting on this subject in West Surrey , a group of gentlemen remaiued discussing the subject iu a banking-house , While tlicy were so engaged , a man came in to change a note , and , hearing opinions expressed against thc allotment

      system , he restrained liimself for sometime in the presence of his superiors . At last he could bear it no longer , and he broke out with , "Gentlemen , you may say what you like , but I know it ' s a good plan , for it has made a man of me . " He ( Mr . Mangles ) being struck with what the man said , visited his place , and found he was raising three pigs in his sty , and had a field with a crop of potatoes . There was at his door a chaise-cart with two men in it , who were , bargaining with him for some potatoes , and this man , who only four or five years before was a common day labourer on 10 s . a week , was then in a condition to be able to refuse the price offered for his potatoes as insufficient . The same man showed him ( Mr . Mangles ) another field , which he was renting , though he had not got it direct from the landowner , at the rate of £ 3 per acre , and said he was making a large profit from it .

      Mr . _Boethwick had heard with satisfaction the statement ofthe Right Hon . Baronet the nomc Secretary , and expressed liis concurrence in it . Leave was then given to bring in the bill .

      Wed . vesdat , March 5 . On thc motion for going into committee on thc income tax , Captain _Bebnal Osborne said , he was so decidedly opposed to the assessment of precarious income at the same rate as permanent property , that he should move as an amendment , that the House should go into committee that day three months . Mr . Mtjntz contended that the portion of the tax relating to income was obnoxious , vexatious , and inquisitorial . A discussion followed , in which Mr . P . Baring , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr . Ewart , Mr . D . Barclay , aud Mr . Hawes took part . The House then divided , and the amendment was negatived by a majority of 96 to 23 . The House having resolved itself into committee ,

      Mr . _Cumeis proposed that the operation of the tax should be limited to two instead of to three years , as pro . posed by Sir R , reel . The way , he said , in which the tax had been received by the City of London ,. as contrasted with its opinion of an income tax in 1815 , was a great encouragement to Sir R . Peel , not onl y to continue , but to double the tax if necessaiy . On a division thc amendment was negatived by a majority of 69 to 17 . Mr . _Waklev said he felt so confident of the benefit the plan of Sir R . Peel would confer on the country , that he would not oppose the tax if he thought it would terminate in three years . Sir R . Peel said * he could give no pledge that the tax would terminate at the close of three years , for , to judge by the present feeling of the public , thc country appeared to be so enamoured of thc tax , that it might refuse to allow it to be taken off .

      Lord J . Russell observed that he was not very sanguine that the tax would be repealed at the end of three years , aud would therefore have wished that Sir R . Feel had made an attempt to remove thc inequalities of its operation . Dr . Bowkino was favourable to direct taxation on property , and would regret to see the tax wholly removed at the end of three years . Lord Sandon was also favourable to direct taxation . Sir R . Peei . said , he adhered to thc intention of continuing the tax as it now stood ; but three years hence , if the tax were to be continued , its principle might be subjected to revision .

      The clauses were eventually all agreed to ; the House resumed ; and the report was ordered to be received on Friday next .

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      The Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill was read a third time , and passed . . The House then adjourned .

      • Thursday , March 6 . The Speaker took the chair at twelve o ' clock , and immediately afterwards the House went into Committee on the Railway Clauses Consolidation BiU . The discussion of the various clauses occupied the House till a quar . ter past four o ' clock , when the members adjourned . At five o clock the House re-assembled , when Mr . Blewitt gave notice that on an-early day , after Easter , he should movefor leave to bring in a bill to repeal the several Acts of Parliament which prohibited the growth and curing of tobacco in Great Britain and Ireland . „ - THE " condition-of-enoland question .

      Mr . _BORTUWICK , seeing thc Noble Lord , the Member for London , in his place , would bog leave to ask him a question .. In the last session of Parliament , the Noble Lord called the attention of the House to the distressed condition Of the labouring population . Since then he ( Mr . Borthwick ) had had many communications from most districts upon the subject ; and , therefore , he would wish to know whether it was the inteution of the Noble Lord to bring the subject before the House tliis session 1 Lord J . _RussELi . begged to say , iu answer to the Hon . and Learned Member , that it was his intention to bring the subject forward , with a view to proposing some legislative measure upon it , shortly after Easter . Mr . Ewaet moved for leave to bring in a bill to enable Town Councils to establish museums of art in corporate towns . Mr . Wise seconded the motion .

      Sir Robert Peeii admitted to the fullest extent the advantage of encouraging a taste for the arts amongst every class of society . Still he thought they ought to proceed with great caution when they made a proposition to give Town Councils the power to raise taxes for the purpose of establishing museums . Nevertheless he could not avoid that opportunity of- recommending Town Councils to employ their best exertions to raise funds upon a voluntary principle for such institutions . Such establishments as museums , if well carried out , never faUed , not only to instruct and improve , but to make the working classes of every district of the country content with their condition of life . Lord John Manneks said , he should be happy to see the proposition of the Hon . Member carried into effect . After a few brief- observations from one or two other members concerning the motion ,

      Mr . Laboucbeee expressed himself pleased to notice so much unanimity in the House upon a subject of such importance . He agreed in tho opinion already so fully expressed , that institutions of this kind were well calculated to elevatethe mind , and otherwise to improve the condition in life of tlic industrious classes . My . _Sheii , was in favour of thc opening of all public museums and exhibitions on Sunday . He did not think that such a proceeding would in the least degree tend to the desecration of thc Sabbath ; while it would do much to Improve the tastes and habits of the people . Leave was then given to bring in the bill .

      Mr . Ewart then proceeded to move for a Select Committee , to inquire if it was not advisable for the ends of justice that the defendant ' s counsel in civil , and tlic prisoner ' s council in criminal , cases , should _bejpermitted to address the jury on the close of the evidence for the defendant or prisoner . Mr . E . briefly addressed the House on the advantages which he alleged would result from this course . ' . The motion was resisted hy the _Attornei-Geneeai on the ground that , if adopted , it would lead to serious inconvenience . ' The practice existed ou Parliamentary Committees , and they were fully aware of the complaints wliich were made of the endless speech-making indulged in by Learned Gentlemen on such occasions . He would suggest that the motion should be withdrawn , and thc matter referred to the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the present state of our various law and criminal courts of justice .

      Mr . Ewaet agreed to do so , and the motion , by leave of the House was withdrawn . The Bastardy Bill was read a second time without dissension , and ordered to be committed to-morrow . Several unimportant motions for returns werc agreed to , when the orders of thc day were disposed of , and the House adjourned . FniDAY , March T . On the motion for the House resolving itself into a committee of ways and means ou the sugar duties , Mr . Cobden called on the Government to allege a sufficient ground for taxing the community to the extent of ten guineas a ton on the natural price of sugar , for the express purpose of protecting our colonial interests . After a lengthy discussion the House went into committee .

      The Chan-cellox of the Exchequer then entered into the reasons which induced him to adhere to his original intention of imposing discriminating duties on sugars according to their qualities . The Right Hon . Gentleman concluded by moving the discriminating duties . After a lengthened and very desultory discussion the first and second resolutions wero agreed to . On the third resolution being moved , Sir W . Clay moved as an amendment that the duty on white clayed sugar , the produce of Java , ManiUa , or China , or of auy foreign country , sueh sugav not being the produce of slave labour , should be only £ 1 3 s . 4 d . instead of £ 18 s . as proposed , and that the duty on brown sugar , being Muscovado or clayed , but not equal in quality to white clayed , should be 18 s . 8 d . instead of £ 1 3 s . 4 d . The Chancellor of _the'ExcHEQUER contended tbat if the duties proposed in his resolutions were too high , which he did not believe to be the case , it was an error on the right side , and he would , therefore , oppose the _araoiulment .

      The House then divided , and the amendment was negatived by a majority of 152 to G 9 . The resolution was then agreed to . On the fourth resolution heing moved , Mr . M . Gibson contended that the duty on foreign molasses should be reduced by 7 s . the ewt ., so as to maintain the differential duty of 10 s . 6 d . The Chancellor of the Exchequer assented to the proposition , but suggested that the better plan would be to introduce it in the amended biU . On fixing the period for the new duties coming into operation on thc llth inst ., Mr . Williams moved as an amendment that the period be postponed till the 5 th April . The amendment was withdrawn , the resolutions agreed to , and ordered to be reported on Monday next .

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      Glorious Progress of tiie Trades' Movement . The General Committee' held its usual weekly meeting at the Bell , Old Bailey , on Wednesday evening , March the _5 th ; Mr . Taprell ( Carpenter ) in the chair _. The Engineers were represented on the committee for the first time to-night . The delegate informed the committee that the Engineers of London had already elected tlieir deputy to the Conference . A house of Tailors at the WestMjnd , consisting of 600 members , was also represented for the first time . The secretary read the following letter from the Sawyers of Manchester , which attests the interest the Trades' Conference has excited throughout the country : — "New _Concert Inn , Oxford-street , Manchester , Feb . 2 Tth , 1845 . —Sir , —The Committee of

      Management for the Sawyers of Manchester and Saltord , tor seeking legislative protection , respectfully solicit your co-operation . Our early movement ia in consequence or contributing all the support we are able , by our petition being ready for presentation at Easter , in order to strengthen the views of the NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF TRADES' DELEGATES , wtLich will beholden iu London , on Easter Monday . "We find a great number of Trades in the provincial towns have made arrangements for sending delegates to thc Conference . The principal towns of our own trade concur in our views , and earnestly hope , that every city and town , where Sawyers are located , will be ready with their petitions , as by that time all Ministerial measures , whether affecting Trade , Commerce ,

      or Labour , will , or ought to be , brought before thc House . Those towns whose petitions were not presented last year , should write irumcdiately to thoir respective Members holding them , stating tlieir desire to nave them presented at the most favourable opportunity , to assist the views ofthe Conference of Trades Delegates . —Yours faitMully , William Hume . —P . S . —Our petition will be worded the same as last year . Those towns requiring a copy , can have one , on application , by return of post . " Air . Hume also expressed a wish that liis letters should be inserted in the only Trades' Journal , the Norther n Star , Letters were also

      read from the Shoemakers of "Northampton , from thc United Trades of Exeter , from the Trades of Bristol , from the Papermakera of Maidstone , from the Calico Block Printers of Middleton , from Mr . Lockier , on behalf of the Bricklayers ofthe United Kingdom ; and-froni the Packers of Manchester : all in favour of the Conference . A letter was also read from the Miners of Rothwell and Manchester , the latter body transmitting , through Mr . Grocott , their quota of money for carrying out the preparations necessary for the ensuing-Conference . A great meeting of the City Mens' Men , will be held in favour of the Conference on Tuesday next , the llth instant .

      Meeting of Delegates on the Factory Bill . Boltok , Monday , March 3 . * - —A meeting of delegates from tho factory districts of this county was held yesterday at the Temperance Hotel , in this town , " to take into consideration thc best means of forwarding the passing of a ten hours' bill" in the present session of Parliament . " The meetin _** ' was numerously attended , there being about tliirty ° delegates present . The chair was occupied by Mr . S . Hawarth , an operative Cotton Spinner ' The chairman commenced the _proceedinss bv exnressim ?

      Ins regret that they ( the operatives ) were so situate as . to he compelled , in fact , to hold these meetings on the Sunday . He always regretted this , aa indeed the delegates generally did ; but they were so situate , that it not held on that day , it would be next to impossible to get a meeting at all , as few of them would bo able to attend such meetings on a -working day , on account of the obstructions which would be thrown in their way . They ( the delegates ) all knew well that it any of them were to leave their work to _' attend such meetings they would instantly be discharged . ( Hear , Hear . ) They were then assembled to consider the best means to be adopted to insure tho

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      passing of the-ten hours bill in the present sossionof Parliament . Before the delegates came to any conclusion , he thought that each delegate had better give in a report as to how far each district was prepared to " act , in case any emergency should arise ; how tar they were organised ; and what was the state of feeling in reference to that great question , among the factorvoperatives generally . He would now call upon the de ' legates to give in their reports in the way which he had suggested . The delegate for Bolton said , that the operatives of that town were fully alive to the benefits of a ten hours' bill , and were very anxious for its adoption . They had a most efficient committee , which had been appointed for thc purpose of assisting in carrying the measure . The Bolton operatives

      wore , in fact , prepared to make any saenhee , as tar as their own interests were concerned , to cany the ten hours' bill . The hearty determination ot thc factory operatives of that town had been shown on the occasion of Dr . Bowring ' s last visit to his constituents , when they had met him and told lum franldv and fairly that he did not represent the opinions or wishes of the working classes when he voted against Lord Ashley ' s motion last session . He was happy to say that every minister of the Established _^ Church in Bolton was with them , with the single exception of the vicar . They had also many of the Dissenting ministers with them . The _delegate from Manchester said there never had been a time when the operatives of that town were more fully alive to the necessity of a ten hours' bill . They

      were , in fact , prepared , at whatever cost of time or money , to do all in their power to carry its adoption . Tlicy had not lately held any public meetings on the subjeot , because they thought it unnecessary , but tlicy were quietly aiding the cause by-other means . They , too , had the cordial support ofthe clergymen ofthe Established Church , and among them lie might mention thc Dean and Vice-Dean . They had also thc support of many of the ministers of other religious persuasions . The Hyde delegate said , that in liis district _th-vy were fast progressing . They had been strengthening their committee , which was chiefly composed of young men . He could say that the operatives as a body were now more earnest and anxious for the carrying of a ten hours'bill than they had ever been .

      They were also prepared to contribute their share towards any expense that might be incurred in promuting the cause . Thc Oldham delegates said thc factory workers in their district were exceedingly anxious about tho measure . They had a very efficient committee , well supported by the operatives . They had , within _thekst five weeks , visited every clergyman and medical man in the town , and not one out of the whole number had refused to support them in tlieir efforts for a ten hours' bill . The Stockport delegate said , the factoiy workers of that town were , without exception , in favour of a ten hours' bill , and were willing to support the short time committee in their efforts to obtain it . although the most of the burden and labour

      of doing so fell on the spinners . The delegates from Bury and Heywood gave similar reports , and from whicli it appeared that they were raising funds for any call that might bo made upon them during the session of Parliament . The Preston delegates gave a similar report . In many of the speeches delivered in Parliament last session by the opponents of the measure , it had been stated that wages would be reduced ; but there was one circumstance in connection with the town of Preston wliich went far to controvert those statements . The fact to which he referred was this : —Mr . Robert Gardiner , of Manchester , who had a very large factory at Preston , determined last summer to try the experiment of working eleven hours a day , without making any

      abatement from the wages of the hands . When the proposal was first made , it was received with gratitude by most ofthe hands , but was opposed by a few women , who were Power-loom Weavers , and who seemed to think that the alteration would lessen their means of getting dresses , & c . ; some of them even cried bitterly , and expressed a wish to work the longer-hours . The experiment , however , had been made , and had turned out to be very successful , and he ( the delegate ) was warranted in saying that the same women would turn out to resist a return to the old system , as they now got fully as much wages as under the twelve hour regulation , whilst the benefits to married women and aged men were beyond calculation . The delegates from Warrington , Chorley , Chowbent , Hindley ,

      Macclesfield , and several other places , gave similar reports ; after which the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " 1 . That in the opinion of this meeting of delegates tho most efficient means of promoting tne real interests of the factory-workers , is the adoption of a good ten hours' bill , and that we shall never cease our exertions until such a bill is granted by Parliament . " " 2 . The . petitions be forwarded from every town throughout the manufacturing districts in favour of a ten hours' bill . " 3 . That the Lancashire Central Short-tune Committee be instructed to draw up such petitions , and forward thom to the districts for signature's . " " I , That , it

      having come to the . knowledge of the meeting of delegates , now assembled , that many breaches of the present Act are being committed , all violations be carefully investigated , and when properly authenticated , the facts of tho case be forwarded to thc Central Short-time Committee at Manchester , for the purpose of being laid before the Inspector , or otherwise dealt with , as may appear necessary . " The remaining resolutions consisted of the thanks ofthe delegates ! to their friends both in and out of Parliament . A vote of confidence in , and thanks to , the Lancashire Short-time Committee was also passed . The _thauks of the meeting were then voted to the chairman , and thc meeting broke un .

      Birminghuam . —Great Trades Meeting . —On Wednesday evening , February 2 Gth , a most important public meeting was held in the Mechanics ' Institute , for the purpose of hearing the grievances of the Operative Tailors , both locally and nationally . The number present could not be less than a thousand , comprising a large section of the middle classes and master Tailors , besides the mechanics of various trades . Mr . Williams was called to the chair , and the mooting was addressed by Messrs . Brake , Roder , Maddock , Talbot , Mr . Parker ( delegate from London ) , and Mr . Mason . The following resolution was adopted : — " That in the opinion of this meeting tho present alarming state of the Tailoring trade , brought about by unprincipled competition , is

      such as demands tho immediate attention of all persons interested in its welfare , inasmuch as certain master Tailors have departed from thc original mode of employing their workmen on premises , under tlieir immediate supervision , wliich , by painful experience , has proved detrimental to the best interests of the respectable employers and employed , and has boon the means of extending disease to a frightful extent to the community at large , in consequence of clothes being made up in the wretched habitations of the workmen , who are compelled , from the low wages paid by such employers , to live in the most populated and unhealthy neighbourhoods . This meeting , therefore , earnestly appeals to the public at large to

      give their support to those employers who have all their work made on their own premises , to guard themselves against the c ontingencies that arise from the present system of out-door labour . " The adoption of a petition to thc Legislature , setting forth the grievances of the trade closed the proceedings . [ Late on Thursday , we received a lengthy report of this meeting , of which the above is a notice . It will be observed that this meeting took place on Wednesday week ; the report should have been in our hands at the latest by Monday last ; coming the day it did , we liad no alternative but to reject the speeches . No doubt but the delay has been occasioned through the engagements ofthe friend who kindly furnished such report preventing him from sending sooner . —Ed . r » _. o . j

      Burt . —The strike of the Iron Trades in this town still continues , and the men appear determined never to give up the contest until justice is done to them . We have to regret that some trifling disturbances took place in the town during the past week , owing to the masters bringing a number of knobsticks to take the places of the " old hands . " The women and lads in the neighbourhood mobbed them : of course , the masters want to lay the blame upon the men on strike . Owing to many false and calumnious reports which the masters have promulgated against the men , they havo laid a statement of their grievances before the public . Later News . —Wc have just heard that a deputation waited on Messrs . Howarth , Sempsar andCc , and that they have agreed to every demand the men made the consequence is , that 250 of the men have resumed work . Therefore , there arc onlv the men employed by Walker , thc " cheap bread" man , now out

      . . IlETYfooD . —Two Weavers were discharged last week from the mill of Messrs . Clegg and Hall for merely . presenting their Mighty Highnesses with a requisition to advance their wages one farthing per pound , which had been agreed upon by the whole of the Weavers . Deputing the two persons alluded to with such presentation of tho requisition was enough to cause the gross insult offered to honest labour by discharging them from the premises ; an advance of one farthing per pound has been obtained by the Weavers in the employ of Mr . John Hargreaves This gentleman has set a noble example to the manufacturers , by being the -first to advance the Fustian Weavers , We havo known him for many years and have always found him among the foremost to advance the cause of suffering humanity . The millowners , as a body , have too often been found leagued against the working classes ; but we are glad to say that Heywood possesses one , who , setting aside the selfish views of lus fellow mill-owners , has ever been found to be the friend of the working class .

      Northampton Boot and Shokmakers . — On Monday evening , March the 3 rd , an adjourned meeting was holden m the large room of the Saracen ' s _S _^ IS ? ' _fortue P " _?^ of electing a delegate to the forthcoming Conference . The _followinu mem bers werenommated-Messrs . Kerns- Coleman , Munday , and Johnson . The result was the election of Mr . Kerns by a large m _^ ority . Duncombe _> Testimonial Central Committee , _Parthemum Club Room 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , Wednesday evening , _MarchSth . Mr . Grassby in the chair .-Mr

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      Connolly handed in 12 s ., collected at the Ironmongers' Arms , Lizard-street , St Luke ' s j per A . Syme , Kinross , a ' . few friends , Ss . ; Birmingham , per D . Pott , Messrs . Porter , 10 s . ; Thorsly , 7 s . 6 d . ; Fussell , os . Cd . ; Potts , 5 s . ; Carter , 5 s . ; Smith , 5 s . ; Hopkins , 2 s . 6 d . ; Bently , 2 s . 6 d . ; Hodges , 2 s . 6 d . ; Guest , 2 s . 6 d . ; Buckley , 2 s . 6 d . ; Harker , ls . ; Follows , Is . , * Davis , is . '; Crcsswell , ls . ; Wassell , ls . ; Cook . ls . ; Helling , 6 d . ; Taylor , 6 d . ; Dudley , 3 d .. * Ship ' s Cr ew , two shillings and three-pence . The following resolution was then moved by Mr . J . Simpson , seconded by Mr . J . Syme : — " That the labours of tliis committee be brought to a close on the first day of June next . " Carried imanimously . It was then agreed that a sub-committee of three be appointed to draw up an address . Messrs . M'Grath Grassby , and Stallwood were duly elected tho subcommittee for that purpose .

      Greenwich . —Duncombe Testimonial . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Greenwick * will be held at the George and Dranon Blaekheath-hill , on Tuesday evening next , for the abovenamed object . Chair to be taken at half-past seven . . _Brioford . — Traoes Meeting . —On Wednesday evening an important meeting ofthe Trades of Bradford was held m the -temperance-rooms , Victoriabuildings , to take into consideration the best means of assisting thc present Trades Movement . Mr . G White was called to the chair , who opened the business of the meeting by stating the objects for which they were met , and briefly _^ pointed out the present position of Trades Societies . Air . Joseph-Hirst Stonemason , moved tho first resolution - . — "That in thc opinion of this meeting thc -present _orginisation

      of the Trades is inefficient , and not calculated to carryout the objects of Trades Societies ; and , believln _» that that object can be better obtained b y an amalga ° _ruation of all Trades on the principle of equality , we the Trades of Bradford , in | a public meetiiigasscniblcd ' do declare our hearty approval of the proposed Trades Conference about to be held in London , for the purpose of devising the best means of consolidating the working classes for the mutual benefit of = a \ l . " The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . _Plyn _Woolcomber , moved the next resolution : — " That a public meeting of the Trades be held on the 19 th of this month , for the purpose of electing delegates to the forthcoming Conference , to be holden in London on the 24 th of March , and that each trade be

      requested to send a delegate to such meeting , sig . nifying their intentions . " Mi * . Hirst seconded tlic resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Smyth moved the third resolution : — " That as thU meeting is composed of a portion of several trades , it is necessary that each individual exercise his influence iii liis particular calliug to have one or more delegates to represent the different Trades in the forthcoming Conference , to be held in London on Easter Monday Joseph Alderson seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Dawson proposed the 4 th resolution , seconded by Mi * . Raistvick , as follows

      ;" That this meeting do forthwith elect a Committee of nine persons , with power to add to their number , to carry out- the object of the foregoing resolutions , five of such committee to formaquorum . " There * -- * _, lution was carried , and the following persons were appointed : —J . Smith , Shoemaker ; J . Hirst , Stonemason ; G . White , Comber ; R . Mullen , ditto ; Wm . Stamp , Mason ; J . Alderson , Tailor ; Thos . Weh , Painter ; S . Shaw , Boilermaker ; S . Sowden , Weaver . A vote of thanks was tendered to the chairman , and the meeting separated . The Committe will meet on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , in Buttenvorth . buildings .

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      BRADFORD . Om Sunday Evening a publie meeting was held in the Chartist-room , to elect delegates to the _Weit Riding meeting . . Messrs . Cole and Jackson were elected . The proceedings ofthe Manchester Council , with respect to the charges preferred by Dr . _M'Donal ! against Mr . _O'Connorand J . Leach , Mere then entered into , and the following resolution unanimously adopted * . — " That having patiently awaited the result of the investigation of the charges preferred against Mi * . O'Connor , by P . M . M'Douall , we hereby record our unequivocal disapproval of the conduct of Dr . M'Douall , and declare our unabated confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; and pledge ourselves to struggle on with that unflincliiii _? and untiring patriot , until the People's Charter be the law of the land .

      ROCHDALE . At a General Meeting or Members on Tuesday evening the present Executive was nominated for the ensuing year , and carried unanimously . , MACCLESFIELD . ' Elkction of Delegates to tuk Traoes' Co . vverekce . —On Monday week a public meeting was held on Park-green for the above-named object , when Mr . JohnWestandMi _* . S . Bentole were elected . Some parties , however , objected , and circulated a report that it was to be converted into a Chartist Movement . To repel these unjust insinuations , Mr . West and Mr . Bentole resigned , to give thc Weavers a full opportunity of selecting such men as they thought best qualified for thc important mission . The votes were taken by ballot in the various shops , and on Monday night , when _^ the pole closed , Messrs . West and Bentole were again elected by very largfj majorities .

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      London . —Emmeti Brigade . —Mr . Edmund Stall _, wood will lecture before the above body at thc llock Tavern , " Lisson Grove , Marylebone , on Sundav evening next _, ; March 9 th . The loeture to commence at eight o'clock precisely . Chartist Ham ., 1 , _TuRNAQAis-LAMi . —A discussion will be held at halt-past ten on Sundav _iuoniing _, March the 9 th . The members of thc Metropolitan District Council will assemble at three precisely . A lecture will be delivered in the evening at seven . Chelsea . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler will lecture at tiie Cheshire Cheese , Grosvenor-row , on Sundav evening next , March the 9 th , at eight precisely . _CAMBEitwiiLii axd Walworth . —A mcetinE : ivill be

      held at the Alontpelicr Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , March the 10 th , at eight precisely . Somers Tows . —Mr . J . S . Sherrard win lecture at the Bricklayers' Arms , _Tonbridge-strcct , on Sunday evening next , March the 9 th , at eight precisely . Tower Hamlets , Whittington and Cat , Churchrow , Bethnal-green . —A discussion will take place on Sunday evening next , at the above localitv , on the "Life and Writings ofthe late William CobWf chair to be taken at eight precisely . An harmonic meeting is held every Saturday at the above house , the proceeds applied to Chartist purposes . Hall , _Tcrnagam Lane . —A meeting of the members will be held on Tuesday next , March llth .

      The North Lancashire Delegate Mkeiixg will be held at Bradahaw ' s Temperance Hotel , Burnley , on Sunday , March 16 , 1845 . Thc localities arc requested to send delegates , as business of importance will be brought forward . " Mr . Thomas Clark ' s second fortnight ' s route : —Bacup , 10 th ; Haslingden , llth ; Oswaldwlstle , 12 th ; Preston , 13 th ; Blackburn , 14 th ' . Clitheroe , 15 th ; Bamoldswick , 17 th ; Colne , 18 th ; Barrowford , 19 th ; Marsden , 20 th ; Haggate , 21 st ; Burnley , 22 nd and 23 rd . Birmingham . —Mr . Williamson will lecture on Sunday evening next , March 9 th , at the Democrat ic Chapel , Thorp-street , at half-past six . Thc Society of Cordwainers will hold a meeting at thc Public Office , Moor-street , on Monday , March the 10 th , at five in the evening , to elect a delegate to represent them in the National Trades Conference .

      . Newcastle-upox-Ttne . —The council of the _National Charter Association of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , will meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun hva _> Side , next Sunday evening , March 9 th , at six o ' clock . They earnestly request all the members to be present , as business of importance will be brought before the meeting . Manchester . —The National Victim and I ) eleuc $ Committee wfll in future meet at the house ot the Secretary , E . Clark , 37 , Henry-street , Oldham * road . The _NoRin Nottinghamshire _Disteici _Cotrxctt will meet on Sunday next , March 9 , 1845 , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , atthe Fox and Hounds , Ola Basford . A parish meeting will be hold at the saw place , at five o ' clock .

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      BANKRUPTS ( From the Gazette of Friday , March ~ . ) Frederick West , Southampton , boot and shoemaker—William Sponcei _' _. Wallingford , _llerkshire , brewer-ChanC i Jacohs , Farringdon-mai'ket , fruit-salesman—Joseph "ft a * son , Jermyn-street , St . James ' s , bootmaker - Jo" * Mruckett , Wye , Kent , grocer—James Stephen Ilernng . Cecilia-place , _Spa-road , Bermondsey , builder-George _Srumoii , City-voad-basin , timber-merchant—WiUiam Ca * rthorn _, jun ., Salisbury-street , Strand , wine-nierchaut-John Hardy and George Hardy , Wisbech Saint Peter , Cambridgeshire , grooers—Thomas _KeweU Gorbell , Bedford * place , Commeroial-road , bookseller—John Rock P _»* f > White Hart-Street , Drury-lane , victualler-Daniel MackaV . Liverpool , master-mariner—AYilliam Butterill , Sheffield . grocer— "William Cornelius " Whittenbury , Leeds , cheesefactor—William Pell , Newcastle-upon-Tvne ,

      _lincudrapW-DIVIDENDS . .... March 28 , W . Law , Reading , Berkshire , dr aper-Apr" ; - * W . Smith , Straud _, printer—April 3 , H , and A . _V- _oj- _di _Uasinghall-atreet , City , Blackwell-haU factors-Apr" ¦ _* - H . W . Collinson , Stamford-street , Surrey , hftt _rnflkcr--March 28 , T . Creeke , Cambridge , tailor-March % _" Fowler , _lame-ijtreet , City , merchant — April I , 0 _* .,, ' Wathen , Woodchester , Gloucestershire , clothier—Ap * J . Cox , Nottingham , silk-throwster .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08031845/page/8/